Improvement in faucets for beer or other barrels



NWETERS. FHDTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D C dunul Statua ,ate-nt minima.

Letters Patent No. 111,018. dated January 17, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT'IN FAUCETS FOR BEER OR OTHER 'BARRELS.

The Schedule referredgtc in these Letters Patent and making of the same.

To all whom it nmyconce-rn:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL THOMPSON, of Schaght icoke, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New' York, have invented a new and useful Improvement4 'in Faucet Attachments or Connections of-Beer and others Barrels withtheir Pumps, of which the follow-4 ing is a. full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, and iu which- Figure l represents a longitudinal section of afancetwith my improvement applied thereto, and

p Figure 2, an end View of the same.

Similar letters 0f reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to faucet attachments for mak-- ing the connection between beer and other barrels and the pumps used to draw off thcircontents, as in barroonis and other places drawing their supply from' a cellar or cellars beneath; and 1| i My invention consists'in a combination, with a fau-` cet having its outlet arranged' at right angles or 4thereabouts to its main bore, of a screuzclamp, constructed to fit asa sleeve over the outer end of the faucet, and provided with a couplingy arranged' to `o ccupy an upward position in line with the outlet of the faucet, so that, on screwing down the clamp, said. conpling,'that has the pump-pipe attached to it, is made to form a close joint with thc faucet.

This constitutes a'very simple and effective means for making and breaking the connect-ion between the pump and the faucet of the barrel, and allows of the connection being a straight and direct one, free from objectionable bends in the pump-pipe, and economizing space iu making the attachment.

Referring to the accompanying drawing- A represents the faucet of a barrel, and

rlhe outlet b from said faucet is arranged at right angles or thercabouts to the main bore c, and in the upper portion of the rear endl of the faucet, said outlet being enlarged at its outer end to receive-'within it any suitable packing, and a flange or head, d, of a pipe-coupling, C,`hy which the connection is made with the pipe ofthe pump.

' -This coupling is ttedf'through the npperend of a fhat is here claimed, and desired to be secured by' Letters Patent, is`

rlhe combination ofthe sleeve or clamp D with its screw'c, the coupling C, and the faucet A, having its outlet b arranged in relation with its bore, substan-V tially as spccitied. p p

SAMUEL THOMPSON.

YVitnesses FRED. .'HAYNns, R. E. RABEAU. 

